Woman accused of threatening to blow up South Davidson Middle

A woman is accused of threatening to blow up South Davidson Middle School on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant.

BY DARRICK IGNASIAKThe Dispatch

A woman is accused of threatening to blow up South Davidson Middle School on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant.Valerie Lewis, 32, of 1077 Jim Elliott Road, Denton, was charged with communicating threats and felony false report mass violence on educational property. She received a $10,000 unsecured bond and a court date of July 23.Lewis, according to a warrant, made a report to the Davidson County Schools’ superintendent’s office that she was going to blow up the middle school with everyone in it. In regard to a school employee, the court document stated, she threatened she was going to beat him up if she “sees him on the street.”Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said threatening phone calls will not be tolerated on school campuses.“We don’t allow that,” the sheriff said.Donna Stafford, director of public relations for Davidson County Schools, said the threat did not cause a distraction for students. She said the school resource officer was called immediately and talked to Lewis. “(Lewis) never went into the school,” Stafford said.Lewis, Stafford said, was in the parking lot when she made the phone call to the county schools office.“She was obviously not happy about something at the school,” the director of public relations said.

Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at darrick.ignasiak@the-dispatch.com.